Battle of Honey Springs

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997 were held in Sestriere, northwestern Italy, from February 3–15, 1997.

Nine years later, the area would later host the alpine events for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Men's competitions

Date: February 8

Placing	Athlete	Time
1	Bruno Kernen	1:51.11
2	Lasse Kjus	1:51.18
3	Kristian Ghedina	1:51.46

Date: February 3

Placing	Athlete	Time
1	Atle Skårdal	1:29.68
2	Lasse Kjus	1:29.89
3	Günther Mader	1:30.01

Date: February 12

Placing	Athlete	Time	Run 1	Run 2
1	Michael von Grünigen	2:48.23	1:23.31	1:24.92
2	Lasse Kjus	2:49.35	1:24.59	1:24.76
3	Andreas Schifferer	2:49.68	1:25.05	1:24.63

Date: February 15

Placing	Athlete	Time	Run 1	Run 2
1	Tom Stiansen	1:51.70	55.81	55.89
2	Sébastien Amiez	1:51.75	54.71	57.04
3	Alberto Tomba	1:52.14	56.21	55.93

Date: February 6

Placing	Athlete	Time	Downhill	Slalom
1	Kjetil André Aamodt	3:10.40	1:37.37	1:33.03
2	Bruno Kernen	3:10.68	1:37.62	1:33.06
3	Mario Reiter	3:11.69	1:39.67	1:32.02

Date: February 15

Placing	Athlete	Time
1	Hilary Lindh	1:41.18
2	Heidi Zurbriggen	1:41.24
3	Pernilla Wiberg	1:41.44

Date: February 11

Placing	Athlete	Time
1	Isolde Kostner	1:23.50
2	Katja Seizinger	1:23.58
3	Hilde Gerg	1:23.64

Date: February 9

Placing	Athlete	Time	Run 1	Run 2
1	Deborah Compagnoni	2:39.19	1:17.64	1:21.55
2	Karin Roten	2:39.99	1:18.37	1.21.62
3	Leila Piccard	2:40.95	1:19.58	1:21.37

Date: February 5

Placing	Athlete	Time	Run 1	Run 2
1	Deborah Compagnoni	1:43.88	52.67	51.21
2	Lara Magoni	1:45.15	53.08	52.07
3	Karin Roten	1:45.48	52.62	52.86

Date: February 15

Placing	Athlete	Time	Slalom	Downhill
1	Renate Götschl	3:03.38	1:28.75	1:34.63
2	Katja Seizinger	3:03.42	1:28.27	1:35.15
3	Hilde Gerg	3:03.46	1:28.22	1:35.24

Place	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	3	3	-	6
2	Italy	3	1	2	6
3	Switzerland	2	3	1	6
4	Austria	1	-	3	4
5	United States	1	-	-	1
6	Germany	-	2	2	4
7	France	-	1	1	2
8	Sweden	-	-	1	1